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Re: EP45-DS3L freezing on boot

I haven't installed drivers for anything because I haven't installed an OS yet. I'm just trying to get to a point where I can run 4GB of memory in Memtest or the BIOS for more than 20 seconds before everything freezes. I don't see the point in going through the Windows install process with a system whose hardware isn't behaving properly.

Again, thanks to those that tried to help me, but I've applied for a refund from Newegg and will be trying a different motherboard.

Based on his writing in that post, it sounds like the higher values in the listed ranges are "safer," so I went with those (e.g. tRFC=62) in an attempt to find a starting point to work from. They made the system less stable if anything. If starting out at the highest number, or jacking up all the numbers at the same time, is a bad idea let me know.

Right now I've reset everything back to the auto Optimal settings, set the memory to Standard mode, and manually set the CAS to 5-5-5-15.

I'm ordering a different motherboard tonight if I can't make any progress by then.

Thanks to those who've tried to help me so far.

Don't try and change too much...

Lsdmeasap, is going to to a shorter guide, so that rather than fully optimzing everything, people who are having problems can change those stability settings that have the greatest effect - so that they may get their board up and running.